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V CUFF BUTTON.

(Application filed Oct. 27,1899.)

"(No Modal.)

Attorney-9 NITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH GOLDSMITH, J R., OF PROVIDENCE, RI-IODE ISLAND.

CUFF-BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,622, dated July 31,1900.

Application flled ootbbe'r 27, 1899. Serial No. 734,931. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH GOLDSMITH, J PA, of Providence, in thecounty of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Cuff- Buttons; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to the connected sleeve cuff-buttons used insteadof common buttons to hold the edges of the ends together. It is fullyexplained and illustrated in this specification and the accompanyingdrawings.

Figure l is a representation of a pair of the improved sleevecuff-buttons. Fig. 2 is a view of a pair of buttons as they are when inthe cuff. Fig. 3 is an end view of a cuff with the buttons in place.Fig. 4. is an edge view of one of the buttons, showing-the hole andgrooves in the side.

The object of this invention is to improve the connected cuif-buttons,so as to make it easier to insert them in holes in the cuffs and at thesame time avoid having any detachable part, which is .so liable to getlost when separated.

The construction and application of the improved cuff-button are asfollows:

A light frame A is made of metal in the shape of two semicircular piecesjoined together on their outer sides a little to one side of the middleof each semicircle, so that the line of the axis of one of the buttons bshall not be parallel with the'axis of the other button. In each pair ofthe curved arms a there is put a button b, held on pivots c, that aremade on the ends of the arms a and enter holes in the edges of thebuttons, so that the buttons can be turned parallel with the arms offrame A, as in Fig. 1, or turned at right angles to the plane of thearms, as in Fig. 2, though each button will turn clear around on itspivots, ifdesired. .To assist in holding the buttons in either position,the inner side of each arm a is beveled to an edge 8 for a shortdistance in from the end, and grooves o v are made in the sides of thebuttons I), both lengthwise and across the holes, in whichthe pivots eenter. (See Fig. 4.) Into these grooves the edges of the arms a enter bythe springing together of the arms. The arms a are made light and withsufficient spring to open and allow the button to turn on the pivots,but will close into the grooves '0 when the button is turned to a rightangle to the frame or when put in the same plane as the frame. Thisarrangement in a good degree will hold the button in position as set andgreatly facilitate the handling of it in use.

The mode of applying a pair of the buttons to a cuff B is by taking themand setting one of the buttons at an angle to the arms, as in Fig. 2,and having the other button flat with the arms, as in Fig. 1, thentaking the firstmentioned button between the thumb and forefinger andinserting the flat button and the frame A through the two buttonholes (Zd in the edges of the cuif B, which are held together, and then turningthe flat button a quarter-turn on the other side of the cuff, as shownin Fig. 3, and the two sides will be securely held.

Having thus described my improvements, I claim as my invention anddesire to secure by Letters Patent-- In a cuff-button, the frameprovided with two pairs of curved elastic arms of unequal length, andwhich arms have their inner edges provided with inwardly-turned pivots,and which have their inneredges adjoining the pivots beveled, the twopairs of arms being sufficiently elastic to have a slight inward andoutward movement in relation to each other, combined with the disks orbuttons pivoted between the ends of the arms, and which disks or buttonsare provided with grooves in which the beveled edges of the arms aremade to catch for the purpose of holding the buttons in position,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day ofOctober, A. D. 1899.

JOSEPH GOLDSMITH, JR.

In presence of' GEO. F. YOUNG, JOHN W. GEIGER.

